As much as I like Elizabeth’s book reviews and reading some of the relevant books, I must disagree on “Driving With The Devil.” I had difficulty getting into this book, even though I appreciated the large amount of work the author put into his research.

I am thinking about making fried corn meal mush for breakfast tomorrow. I have not eaten this for decades and my wife and step-daughter have never had the opportunity to enjoy it. The onset of cold weather (we are turning on the heat and turning off the outside taps tonight) brought this to mind. I no longer have a…

I missed that. Back to my nap.

How much does this bike weigh?

“Are you, like me, scandalized that Peanut M&M’s rank higher than Baby Ruth?”

Enjoying proof that it sometimes pays to be lazy. Instead of voting in person, I got an absentee ballot by mail and dropped it off at the drop box at the early voting site. These folks spent a good part of the afternoon waiting in line to vote while I went to my favorite bakery, purchased some high quality…

I got a mail-in absentee ballot and deposited it in the drop box at the early voting location. I was glad that I was able to do that as the line for early voting was literally around the corner of the block, due to social distancing.

“...(R)etting, scutching and hackling...)

“Every single time I drive for more than an hour in Texas, I witness at least three near-death experiences on someone else’s behalf. I dread any highway around Houston and Dallas.”

Since this material is made from flax, would it be a linen car?

I remember peanuts and Coke in Oklahoma in the 1950s. Many Sooners, including most of my family, considered themselves to be Southerners.

Lotus 7.

Yes. After our experiences, we don’t trust that the car that shows up will be the car we ordered. Two other factors help us make up our mind to do it this way:

“I wouldn’t have been comfortable buying completely online sight unseen.”

“Designed for tradespeople, the Spring Electric Cargo features a boot that extends where the back seat is usually located, with a plastic lining on the floor and on the interior wheel arches, four anchor rings and a wire mesh partition separating the front passengers from the loading area.”

Thanks for the explanation.

“Since his ejection from the Cup Series, Larson has focused his attention on dirt racing, where he’s won over 40 races this year alone.”

IIRC, F1 has only had four different winners this year and only eight of the drivers racing this year have ever won a race.

“Again, this is deeply, lavishly stupid.”